U.S. U-18s set for Portugal tournament

The U.S. men's national team is currently preparing for friendlies and World Cup qualifiers, but the future of the program is also in action this week. The U.S. Under-18 men's national team kicks off its participation in the Libson International Tournament on Wednesday, the first tournament for new coach Javier Perez.

Despite the poor U23 performance, there are a few diamons in the rough that have been salvaged (Corona, Boyd, Morales) and more that will definitely play a part in the future (Diskerud, Gatt, Hamid, Shea).

He is with the U-17s at Bradenton FL. You can see him in the ussoccer video where the U-17s visit USMNT camp in Orlando. There are some very promising guys on this U-18 team, but the current U-17 team is looking even better than the last one did, lots of players who could develop into something special, including of course Junior Flores.